China’s Shanghai Wujing delays acetic acid plant turnaround to March

20 February 2012 09:47[Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--?xml:namespace>China’s Shanghai Wujing has delayed the 20-day maintenance shutdown of its 450,000 tonne/year acetic acid plant by around one month to the middle of March, a company official said on Monday.

The plant was initially scheduled to shut on 15 February but this had to be pushed back because of a delay in the arrival of parts required in the feedstock carbon monoxide (CO) facility, the official added.

The company’s other acetic acid line, with a 250,000 tonnes/year capacity, will run normally at full tilt during the shutdown of the bigger unit.